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Android is one of the many distributions that currently work on the Openmoko phones. You can compare a distribution with an Operating System on normal computers. It gives the phone all the software needed for operating. For more information about the different flavors, see distributions.
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This page is the central place for documentation about Android on the Neo 1973 and FreeRunner handsets.
Android is a software stack for mobile devices developed by the The Open Handset Alliance. Although Android is publicized as being open source software (most of the source code has been released) parts of the code have not been released yet.
A lot of work is being done to get Android functioning properly on the FreeRunner and it is likely, in the near future, to be the distribution most suited for using the FreeRunner as a phone.
See: Android usage for detailed instructions on using Android on the FreeRunner.
Android is gaining functionality on the FreeRunner all the time and with Michael Trimarchi's (panicking) images it is possible to use as an everyday phone. Prerequisites for the best success seem to be:
You can then hope to achieve :
Caveats
See: Android on Freerunner for how to flash your FreeRunner with Android. In addition to flashing your Freerunner for using Android you have to format your SD card with 2 partitions to use Android. Just flashing is not sufficient.
You can also install the Koolu beta 4 rc1 directly from SD card onto the NAND see [1]
See: Android porting
There are developers being paid to work on the port by Koolu.
For details on the project source and some real detailed instructions on building the source, see the the Koolu Trac Website for Android.
There is a Android Freerunner Mailing list hosted by Koolu [2]
There is also some great unpaid work going on at Linux Embedded